By Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare | August 23, 2019 The Food and Drug Administration is in discussions with multiple stakeholders to create a universal unique medical device identifier to be stored in electronic health records and linked to patient outcomes to improve medical device surveillance, said FDA principal deputy commissioner [...]
By Mackenzie Garrity, Becker's Hospital Review | August 23, 2019 Organizations across the country are investing more in digital health. According to an American Medical Association post, there has been a 29 percent annual increase in government-registered digital health studies in recent years. Many of these studies focus on using digital [...]
By Benjamin Harris, Healthcare IT News | August 23, 2019 Numerous challenges will hinder AI growth in healthcare unless the industry improves, a new scientific report finds. A new report examines how under much of the veneer of process improvement and radical new discoveries in the field of medicine, the [...]
By Tracey Walker, Managed Healthcare Executive | August 23, 2019 A new report points to a need to educate healthcare professionals on how artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health technology can improve the overall healthcare experience and lower costs. The Philips Future Health Index (FHI) survey explores health technology’s impact [...]
By Jessica Kent, Health IT Analytics | August 22, 2019 Using machine learning and EHR data, researchers found that certain clinical diseases are far more prevalent in people with the FMR1 premutation. By applying machine learning tools to EHR data, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) and the Marshfield [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | August 22, 2019 Many hospitals and health systems are looking to jump into the virtual care arena by launching a direct-to-consumer telehealth service. That may be a mistake. A direct-to-consumer telehealth platform may seem like low-hanging fruit to a hospital or health system looking [...]
